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Jan 2012
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Speak Lesson 21 | The verb ‘To Be’

Chai & Conversation
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Lesson 21 is the first lesson in Unit 3 of Chai and Conversation! In this unit, we will be going over the fundamentals of grammar of the Persian language. This entire lesson is devoted to the verb ‘to be,’ and its many different forms.

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